'''Daniel Macfarlane's background and his involvement in and statements about the Mountain Meadows Massacre'''
'''Daniel S. Macfarlane's background and his involvement in and statements about the Mountain Meadows Massacre'''
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=== Early Life in Scotland ===
=== Early Life in Scotland ===
Daniel S. Macfarlane was born to John and Annabella Sinclair Macfarlane in Stirlingshire in the Scottish highlands. In 1842, his mother was impressed with the message of the newly arrived missionaries of Mormonism and joined the new church. His father died in 1846 when Daniel was less than ten. During the 1840s, several other members of the Macfarlane family joined the Mormons and attended the Glasgow conference. They were unable to immigrate, however, until the church established its Perpetual Emigration Fund to assist indigent European converts to immigrate to Utah Territory in the American West.
Daniel Sinclair Macfarlane was born to John and Annabella Sinclair Macfarlane in Stirlingshire in the Scottish highlands. In 1842, his mother was impressed with the message of the newly arrived missionaries of Mormonism and joined the new church. His father died in 1846 when Daniel was less than ten. During the 1840s, several other members of the Macfarlane family joined the Mormons and attended the Glasgow conference. They were unable to immigrate, however, until the church established its Perpetual Emigration Fund to assist indigent European converts to immigrate to Utah Territory in the American West.
=== Immigration to America and onto Utah ===
=== Immigration to America and onto Utah ===
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=== [[Image:Sketch - Iron works.jpg|right|200px|Sketch - Iron works.jpg]]To Cedar City and the Ironworks ===
=== [[Image:Sketch - Iron works.jpg|right|200px|Sketch - Iron works.jpg]]To Cedar City and the Ironworks ===
The following year they joined their friend Isaac Haight in settling in Cedar City in the newly-founded Iron Mission. Daniel's mother Annabella became a plural wife of Isaac Haight and Daniel became his step-son.
The following year they joined their friend Isaac Haight in settling in Cedar City in the newly-founded Iron Mission. Daniel's mother Annabella became a plural wife of [[Isaac_C._Haight|Isaac Haight]] and Daniel became his step-son.
Dan Macfarlane was an early member of the Cedar Dramatic Association where his bearing and deep voice made him successful in both tragedies and farces. He also joined other Scots as well as English and Welsh in the choir where he met his future wife, Temperance Keturah Haight, the daughter of Isaac and Eliza Ann Haight. Through this marriage, his step-father became his father-in-law.
Dan Macfarlane was an early member of the Cedar Dramatic Association where his bearing and deep voice made him successful in both tragedies and farces. He also joined other Scots as well as English and Welsh in the choir where he met his future wife, Temperance Keturah Haight, the daughter of Isaac and Eliza Ann Haight. Through this marriage, his step-father became his father-in-law.
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=== In the Iron Military District: Dan Macfarlane, Adjutant to Capt. Joel White, Company D, Isaac Haight's 2nd Battalion ===
=== In the Iron Military District: Dan Macfarlane, Adjutant to Capt. Joel White, Company D, Isaac Haight's 2nd Battalion ===
[[Image:Daniel s macfarlane 1d.jpg|left|115px|Daniel s macfarlane 1d.jpg]]A 2nd lieutenant in a platoon in Company D in early 1857, Macfarlane was assigned as adjutant to Captain [[Joel White|Joel White]] of Company D, one of the Cedar City militia companies attached to Major [[Isaac C. Haight|Isaac Haight's]] 2nd Battalion. His older brother, [[John M. Macfarlane|John Menzies Macfarlane]], was adjutant to Major Haight. In September 1857, when the Arkansas emigrant train became besieged at Mountain Meadows, Macfarlane was among those who mustered there. In the recently-published statement of [[Ellott Willden|Ellott Willden]], he maintained that Dan Macfarlane was in the small continent consisting [[William C. Stewart|William C. Stewart]], [[Philip Klingensmith|Philip Klingensmith]] and others who encountered two emigrants seeking help from the Mormon settlements on (probably) Wednesday evening. [[Ellott Willden|Willden]] said that [[Philip Klingensmith|Klingensmith]] killed one of them; he did not identify who killed the other one.
[[Image:Daniel s macfarlane 1d.jpg|left|115px|Daniel s macfarlane 1d.jpg]]A 2nd lieutenant in a platoon in Company D in early 1857, Macfarlane was assigned as adjutant to [[Joel_White|Captain Joel White]] of Company D, one of the Cedar City militia companies attached to [[Isaac_C._Haight|Major Isaac Haight's]] 2nd Battalion. His older brother, [[John M. Macfarlane|John Menzies Macfarlane]], was adjutant to Major Haight. In September 1857, when the Arkansas emigrant train became besieged at Mountain Meadows, Macfarlane was among those who mustered there. In the recently-published statement of [[Ellott Willden|Ellott Willden]], he maintained that Dan Macfarlane was in the small continent consisting [[William C. Stewart|William C. Stewart]], [[Philip Klingensmith|Philip Klingensmith]] and others who encountered two emigrants seeking help from the Mormon settlements on (probably) Wednesday evening. [[Ellott Willden|Willden]] said that [[Philip Klingensmith|Klingensmith]] killed one of them; he did not identify who killed the other one.
Macfarlane was at the military council at the Meadows in the evening of Thursday the 10th. On Friday the 11th, according to [[John D. Lee|John D. Lee]], Macfarlane was on horseback, carrying "orders from one part of the field to another." For instance, while Major Lee was negotiating with the Arkansas emigrants inside their wagon fortification, Dan Macfarlane carried a message from [[John M. Higbee|Major Higbee]] to Lee to hurry the emigrants along.
Macfarlane was at the military council at the Meadows in the evening of Thursday the 10th. On Friday the 11th, according to [[John D. Lee|John D. Lee]], Macfarlane was on horseback, carrying "orders from one part of the field to another." For instance, while Major Lee was negotiating with the Arkansas emigrants inside their wagon fortification, Dan Macfarlane carried a message from [[John M. Higbee|Major Higbee]] to Lee to hurry the emigrants along.
As the emigrant column proceeded north, Macfarlane headed the cluster of women and children on horseback. As the firing commenced, Macfarlane was among two or three on horseback who ranged over the field, preventing any emigrants from escaping. Lee later claimed that the Scottish emigrant Macfarlane was among the most violent in the massacre but his account is uncorroborated. On the day after the massacre, Macfarlane heard [[William H. Dame|Col. Dame]] and [[Isaac C. Haight|Major Haight]] arguing over which one was responsible for the orders that led to the massacre. "Daniel McFarlan" was included in the 1859 arrest warrant. However, he did not testify in either of the Lee trials of 1875 or 1876.
As the emigrant column proceeded north, Macfarlane headed the cluster of women and children on horseback. As the firing commenced, Macfarlane was among two or three on horseback who ranged over the field, preventing any emigrants from escaping. Lee later claimed that the Scottish emigrant Macfarlane was among the most violent in the massacre but his account is uncorroborated. On the day after the massacre, Macfarlane heard [[William H. Dame|Col. William Dame]] and [[Isaac C. Haight|Major Isaac Haight]] arguing over which one was responsible for the orders that led to the massacre. "Daniel McFarlan" was included in the 1859 arrest warrant. However, he did not testify in either of the Lee trials of 1875 or 1876.
=== Remaining in Cedar City ===
=== Remaining in Cedar City ===
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[[Image:Daniel s macfarlane 3a.jpg|left|200px|Daniel s macfarlane 3a.jpg]]In 1892, Mormon Church historian Andrew Jenson interviewed many of the surviving Mountain Meadows militiamen, including Daniel Macfarlane. His accounts are somewhat contradictory but contain important details. Jenson's interviews with others also revealed some details on Macfarlane's role, described above. In the ongoing dispute over the relative responsibility of [[William H. Dame|William Dame]] and [[Isaac C. Haight|Isaac Haight]] for the orders from the Iron County 10th Regiment, Macfarlane sided more with Haight than Dame. But Macfarlane may have been biased because of his strong familial ties to Isaac Haight.
[[Image:Daniel s macfarlane 3a.jpg|left|200px|Daniel s macfarlane 3a.jpg]]In 1892, Mormon Church historian Andrew Jenson interviewed many of the surviving Mountain Meadows militiamen, including Daniel Macfarlane. His accounts are somewhat contradictory but contain important details. Jenson's interviews with others also revealed some details on Macfarlane's role, described above. In the ongoing dispute over the relative responsibility of [[William H. Dame|William Dame]] and [[Isaac C. Haight|Isaac Haight]] for the orders from the Iron County 10th Regiment, Macfarlane sided more with Haight than Dame. But Macfarlane may have been biased because of his strong familial ties to Isaac Haight.
In 1896, nearly four decades after the massacre, Macfarlane prepared an affidavit of some events surrounding it. [[John M. Higbee|John M. Higbee]], [[Joel White|Joel W. White]], and [[William Tait|William Tait]] also made affidavits around the same time. This Macfarlane affidavit is of lesser importance and value. Somewhat vague and conclusionary in nature, its primary purpose appears to have been to minimize the role of [[John M. Higbee|John M. Higbee]] in the massacre and rehabilitate his reputation. Higbee had been under indictment for more than twenty years but the criminal prosecution had only recently been formally dismissed in 1896.
In 1896, nearly four decades after the massacre, Macfarlane prepared an affidavit of some events surrounding it. [[John M. Higbee|John M. Higbee]], [[Joel White|Joel W. White]], and [[William Tait|William Tait]] also made affidavits around the same time. This Macfarlane affidavit is of lesser importance and value. Somewhat vague and conclusionary in nature, its primary purpose appears to have been to minimize the role of [[John M. Higbee|John M. Higbee]] in the massacre and rehabilitate his reputation. Higbee had been under indictment for more than twenty years but the criminal prosecution had only recently been formally dismissed in 1896.
=== Final Years ===
=== Final Years ===
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Later census records list Macfarlane as a "day laborer" who did "odd jobs." He lived for more than 60 years in Cedar City, died in 1914 and was buried there. He was survived by his two wives and numerous children.
Later census records list Macfarlane as a "day laborer" who did "odd jobs." He lived for more than 60 years in Cedar City, died in 1914 and was buried there. He was survived by his two wives and numerous children.
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Daniel Sinclair Macfarlane was born to John and Annabella Sinclair Macfarlane in Stirlingshire in the Scottish highlands. In 1842, his mother was impressed with the message of the newly arrived missionaries of Mormonism and joined the new church. His father died in 1846 when Daniel was less than ten. During the 1840s, several other members of the Macfarlane family joined the Mormons and attended the Glasgow conference. They were unable to immigrate, however, until the church established its Perpetual Emigration Fund to assist indigent European converts to immigrate to Utah Territory in the American West.
Immigration to America and onto Utah
With that assistance, Daniel Macfarlane, his mother, Annabella Macfarlane, and his older brother, John Menzies Macfarlane, began their journey in early 1852 to the Mormon "Zion" in Utah. In Liverpool, they met Mormon elder Isaac C. Haight and traveled under his direction in their voyage. After the long, arduous journey, they arrived in Utah in the fall and settled in Bountiful.
Sketch - Iron works.jpgTo Cedar City and the Ironworks
The following year they joined their friend Isaac Haight in settling in Cedar City in the newly-founded Iron Mission. Daniel's mother Annabella became a plural wife of Isaac Haight and Daniel became his step-son.
Dan Macfarlane was an early member of the Cedar Dramatic Association where his bearing and deep voice made him successful in both tragedies and farces. He also joined other Scots as well as English and Welsh in the choir where he met his future wife, Temperance Keturah Haight, the daughter of Isaac and Eliza Ann Haight. Through this marriage, his step-father became his father-in-law.
In the Iron Military District: Dan Macfarlane, Adjutant to Capt. Joel White, Company D, Isaac Haight's 2nd Battalion
A 2nd lieutenant in a platoon in Company D in early 1857, Macfarlane was assigned as adjutant to Captain Joel White of Company D, one of the Cedar City militia companies attached to Major Isaac Haight's 2nd Battalion. His older brother, John Menzies Macfarlane, was adjutant to Major Haight. In September 1857, when the Arkansas emigrant train became besieged at Mountain Meadows, Macfarlane was among those who mustered there. In the recently-published statement of Ellott Willden, he maintained that Dan Macfarlane was in the small continent consisting William C. Stewart, Philip Klingensmith and others who encountered two emigrants seeking help from the Mormon settlements on (probably) Wednesday evening. Willden said that Klingensmith killed one of them; he did not identify who killed the other one.
Macfarlane was at the military council at the Meadows in the evening of Thursday the 10th. On Friday the 11th, according to John D. Lee, Macfarlane was on horseback, carrying "orders from one part of the field to another." For instance, while Major Lee was negotiating with the Arkansas emigrants inside their wagon fortification, Dan Macfarlane carried a message from Major Higbee to Lee to hurry the emigrants along.
As the emigrant column proceeded north, Macfarlane headed the cluster of women and children on horseback. As the firing commenced, Macfarlane was among two or three on horseback who ranged over the field, preventing any emigrants from escaping. Lee later claimed that the Scottish emigrant Macfarlane was among the most violent in the massacre but his account is uncorroborated. On the day after the massacre, Macfarlane heard Col. William Dame and Major Isaac Haight arguing over which one was responsible for the orders that led to the massacre. "Daniel McFarlan" was included in the 1859 arrest warrant. However, he did not testify in either of the Lee trials of 1875 or 1876.
Remaining in Cedar City
In 1862, Macfarlane married Keturah Haight, who bore him twelve children. In 1879, he took a second wife, marrying Elizabeth Ford, a Welsh emigrant, who bore him nine children. His last child was born when he was 63.
Daniel s macfarlane 2a.jpgService During the Black Hawk War
During the mid to late 1860s, the Black Hawk War caused the militia units in southern Utah to be reorganized and strengthened to provide greater security to the white settlers. Daniel Macfarlane was in some of the militia units that patroled for raiding Paiute and, later, Navajo Indians.
Other Pursuits
However, Macfarlane was known for more than his involvement in the militia and other martial pursuits. Both Daniel and his brother John were noted musicians with strong singing voices. One fiddler was heard to say of his singing, "When you ask Dan Macfarlane to sing bass, you want to make sure you have a strong foundation under your house."
In the late 1870s, Macfarlane served as a missionary to his native Scotland.
In 1892, Mormon Church historian Andrew Jenson interviewed many of the surviving Mountain Meadows militiamen, including Daniel Macfarlane. His accounts are somewhat contradictory but contain important details. Jenson's interviews with others also revealed some details on Macfarlane's role, described above. In the ongoing dispute over the relative responsibility of William Dame and Isaac Haight for the orders from the Iron County 10th Regiment, Macfarlane sided more with Haight than Dame. But Macfarlane may have been biased because of his strong familial ties to Isaac Haight.
In 1896, nearly four decades after the massacre, Macfarlane prepared an affidavit of some events surrounding it. John M. Higbee, Joel W. White, and William Tait also made affidavits around the same time. This Macfarlane affidavit is of lesser importance and value. Somewhat vague and conclusionary in nature, its primary purpose appears to have been to minimize the role of John M. Higbee in the massacre and rehabilitate his reputation. Higbee had been under indictment for more than twenty years but the criminal prosecution had only recently been formally dismissed in 1896.
Final Years
Later census records list Macfarlane as a "day laborer" who did "odd jobs." He lived for more than 60 years in Cedar City, died in 1914 and was buried there. He was survived by his two wives and numerous children.
Affidavit of Daniel Macfarlane, June 29, 1896, in Brooks, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, Appendix III, 235-38; Bagley, Blood of the Prophets, 126, 142, 145, 146, 277; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, 232, 237, 240, 254, 283, 380; Lee Trial transcripts; Macfarlane, Yours Sincerely, John M. Macfarlane, 35-37, 41-45, 49, 50, 55-56, 64, 77, 79; Merkley, ed., Monuments to Courage: A History of Beaver County, 134; New.familysearch.org; Seegmiller, A History of Iron County, 55-56, 64-69; Shirts, A Trial Furnace, 489, 492; Turley and Walker, Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Jenson & Morris Collections, 16-17, 86-87, 88-108 (rough notes of interview), 109-119 (formal report), 189; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, 157, 179, 190, 193, 197-98, Appendix C, 260.
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